World Agroforestry Congress - New Delhi India

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Day One
10th February, 2014

Indian President Shri Pranb Mukherjee was the chief gues durring the inaugration of the congress.

The World Congress opened in the Vigyan Bhawan complex in New Delhi, with the President of India, the Honourable Shri Pranab Mukherjee, inaugurating proceedings from 12 midday, followed
by addresses from Cabinet members including Shri Sharad Pawar, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Dr M. Veerappa Moily, Minister of Environment and Forest and Shri Ashish Bahuguna, the Secretary of Agriculture.

The ground-breaking National Agroforestry Policy will be launched that morning. This is a unique innovation putting India first in the world to introduce such a policy. The policy was approved by the Cabinet on Wednesday 6 February. The sector is currently affected by adverse policies, legal constraints, inadequate investments, weak markets and a dearth of institutional finance. The policy will enable farmers to reap the benefit of agroforestry. New farming approaches are needed to meet the demands of a growing world population for food, fodder, firewood and timber, against a backdrop
of shrinking land and water resources for agriculture and the threat of climate change.

The World Agroforestry Centre will be distributing copies of its new book Trees for Life, illustrating the impact of agroforestry on peoples’ lives, at its launch on Tuesday in the Kempinski Hotel After lunch the Congress moves into the South Asia Day plenary, with breakout sessions on agroforestry systems, income and environmental benefits, and then climate change, multifunctionality, livestock and fish systems.

Following Presidents activities, a panel discussion was held. Speakers of panel discussions
Dr Dina Nath Tiwari, Founder and Head of Utthan, Centre for Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation
Dr R S Paroda, Chairman, Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences and Executive Secretary, Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutes
Prof. H P M Gunasena, Chairman, Coconut Research Institute, Lunuwila, Sri Lanka
Dr Rita Sharma, Secretary, National Advisory Council, Government of India:

Brakout Sessions followed:

Breakout Session 1
Theme: Agroforestry systems, income and environmental benefits
Theme Leader: PKR Nair

1.1 Policy on agroforestry and tree-based farming systems

Venue: Plenary hall
Venue: Hall 4
Venue: Hall 5
Venue: Hall 6

Chair: J S Samra and K B Thampi

Agroforestry research in Indonesia: where to go for the next two decades
Dede Rohadi
Mediating factors of agroforestry changes in Vietnam: implications for agroforestry development
Hoa Thi Nguyen
The role of agroforestry in newly allotted forest lands in tribal Odisha
Kamla Khanal
CAFNET – first effort in India to value ecosystem services from coffee-based agroforestry systems
Cheppudira Kushalappa
Agroforestry systems in China - a proposed classification for Chinese tropical agroforestry
Xiao Guo
Trees on private lands: a regulatory impact analysis in select states in India
Chetan Agarwal

1.2 Agroforestry for rural employment and income generation,

Chair: AK Singh and B Mohan Kumar

Tree-borne oil seed crops – a step towards building energy security in rural India
Balakrishna Gowda
Santalum yasi Seem. a vital agroforestry species for rural employment and livelihoods development in Fiji
Saurindra Narayan Goswami
Implementation of agroforestry for poverty alleviation and livelihood improvement in
the state of Tripura, India
Avinash M Kanfade
Role of agroforestry in poverty alleviation at Ghatail Upazilla of the Tangail District,
Bangladesh
Md. Wasiul Islam
Ensuring integrated timber and non-timber forest product marketing for improving rural livelihoods: lessons learnt from Indonesia
Muktasam Abdurrahman
Yamunanagar – a model of a symbiotic relationship between farmers and woodbased industries
Raj Kumar Sapra

1.3 Land reclamation: Bio-drainage and salinity control,

Chair: Gurbachan Singh and JC Dagar

Biodrainage: an ecofriendly agroforestry technique for controlling waterlogging, livelihood security and carbon sequestration
Jagdish Dagar
Rehabilitation of degraded sodic land through agroforestry and monoculture plantations
Kripal Singh
Biodrainage as successful models for combating water logging in canal commands
– some case studies
Rajbir Singh
Cultivation of intercrops inside biodrainage (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) vegetation under a waterlogged ecosystem in Odisha
Somnath Roy Chowdhury
Biodrainage for salinity control: myth or reality for the Indian monsoonal climate
P S Minhas
Potential of tree plantations for wastewater disposal: Long term use in Eucalyptus
R K Yadav

1.4 Drylands and agroforestry,

Chair: VN Sharda and B Venkateswarlu

Design and development of agroforestry systems in low rainfall regions of India for combating climate change

Murari Mohan Roy

Improving productivity of common grazing resources in hot arid region of India through participatory pasture development

Arun Misra

Livelihood diversification through agroforestry in semi-arid regions of India

Prasad JVNS

Cultivating resilient landscapes - opportunities for restoring degraded and vulnerable lands with agroforestry systems

Matilda Palm

Bamboo-based agroforestry for livelihood security and environmental protection in semi-arid regions of India

Sudhir P Ahlawat

Beyond the project cycle: ex-post assessment of agroforestry adoption and management in semi-arid Karnataka

James Brockington

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